Food grain, kamut
Cereals and cereal products
Climate footprint in kg CO2e/kg
CO2e per kg
1,54
Agriculture
0,82
ILUC
0,29
Processing
0,14
Transport
0,09
Packaging
0,20
Retail
0,01
Klimadatabase ID
Ra00483
Detailed background data
It has been assumed that the food processing industry is located in Denmark. Bulgur production is approximated as as parboiled rice, with data from Blengini and Busto (2009), replacing rice by wheat as raw material. Retail is modelled assuming the following storage: Ambient. See more details as well as literature references in the methodoly report on: www.denstoreklimadatabase.dk.
Data on inputs and outputs of the food processing industry is modelled using: Blengini A, Busto M (2009) The life cycle of rice: LCA of alternative agri-food chain management systems in Vercelli (Italy). J Environ Manage 90(3):1512–1522.
Documentation
Ra00483
Nutritional content
Energy
1497,00 kj/100g
Protein
10,10 g/100g
Fat
1,20 g/100g
Carbon Hydrate
74,10 g/100g